DC Universe Online Game Update 3 Details

DC Universe Online is getting Game Update 3 in the very near future. It's currently in the approval process, so no firm dates are set.

Every update focuses around one new character, and Game Update 3's is Ra's Al Ghul. The infamous ecoterrorist and Batman nemesis is striking out, and it's up to players to infiltrate his mountainside fortress and stop him. According to Game Director Mark Anderson, the goal of his quest line is to show more of Ra's Al Ghul's backstory and his inner workings.

Attacking Ra's Al Ghul will involve a new four-man Alert (Alert's are four-man raids that can players can participate in after level 9. The emphasis is apparently about stealth early on, but things go awry and players will be forced to fight ninjas who "come out of nowhere." The Alert is also set up to be highly replayable, with players picking one of four routes right off the bat.

Ra's Al Ghul in Action

The Oolong Island Alert is also being revitalized with a Hard Mode. The hope is that this will give level 30 players more to do.

A Duo involving Two Face will now be playable with two players. Here you assist Two Face, fighting alongside him in an effort to raid a smuggling lair run by the Penguin. Clayface is slated to make an appearance, and players can expect to see him transform into other characters as well as weapons.

And finally, the Game Update 3 adds a new special event. In the Open Cities players will now be able to align themselves with Swamp Thing or Poison Ivy. Ivy is trying to stop Swamp Thing's "connection to the green," and he's obviously pissed about it. Swamp Thing is typically a Vertigo Comics character, but he will be involved in DCUO for this limited time event, wherein players will get special loot.